The Florida Department of Community Affairs and Florida Division of Emergency Management yesterday released its long-awaited Post-Disaster Redevelopment Planning: A Guide for Florida Communities. [QUICK NOTE: while this is written for Florida, it's likely to be useful for communities anywhere in the US.]
From their announcement:
Over the past four years, »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, infrastructure, planning, regulations
Via the always useful CZMA Climate Change and Coastal Hazards E-News Update newsletter:
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) “Unified Hazard Mitigation Assistance Program Guidance” (176 pp.) represents the unification of all five of the agency’s hazard mitigation grant programs into one guidance document. These programs, which provide, »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, Building, funding & assistance, hazard identification, infrastructure
From our friends at NOAA:
CRest Grant Program – Coastal Resilience Networks Pacific Islands – Gulf of Mexico – West Coast
Coastal Resilience Networks (CRest) is a new and exciting grant opportunity for the Pacific Islands, Gulf of Mexico, and West Coast regions. The program funds projects that help communities become more resilient to the threats, »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, Building, emergency services, funding & assistance, infrastructure, Insurance, training & outreach
Houston is hugely underprepared for a major hurricane, a new Rice University study found.
Among the findings of Learning the Lessons of Hurricane Ike:
Existing dikes and levees along the Houston Ship Channel were barely adequate during Hurricane Ike and would not protect all refineries from the storm surge of a more powerful hurricane or even an, »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, Building, case study, emergency services, hazard identification, infrastructure, Insurance, planning, publications, regulations, Texas, weather & climate
A new Houston Chronicle article argues that building the so-called "Ike Dike" will put more, not less people and property at great risk, and that the best way to protect property from hazards is to keep them out of hazardous areas.
In "Forget the Ike Dike, let’s improve building methods" Texas A&M professor John Jacob says that while the current, »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, Building, editorial, infrastructure, Insurance, planning, regulations
The City Council of Galveston recently approved new beach-front construction regulations. The new rules push new development 75 feet back from the north toe of dunes, or 350 feet from the mean high-water line, whichever line is farther landward. They are seen locally as a compromise with some wanting stricter regulations while others did not want to, »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, Building, infrastructure, planning, regulations, story
Good case study on a county using FEMA Public Assistance (PA) 406 Mitigation funds to pay for post-storm recovery using a relatively innovative technique:
When technical advice from a Public Assistance Specialist recommended using a geo-textile to stabilize the embankment and make the road more resilient once repairs were completed, Lafayette County’s, »read moreTags: Building, funding & assistance, infrastructure, story, technology
Emergency Management has written a case study on one region's efforts to assess and identify its critical infrastructure and how to address the risks posed to it.
Not surprisingly, the article reports that the project was not easy: along with the standard challenges of who should be involved and who should be in charge, they faced other obstacles,, »read moreTags: infrastructure, planning
The Galveston County Daily News is reporting that the city will use $107 million in federal disaster aid to rebuild its main wastewater treatment plant and repair other infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Ike. The rebuild will include a retrofit to elevate the treatment facility 13 feet in an attempt to avoid future storm surge damages.
Officials are, »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, Building, funding & assistance, infrastructure
The Associated Press is reporting on the aftermath of Xynthia, the storm that slammed into Europe last weekend. The hurricane-force winds and huge storm surge destroyed seawalls and killed dozens there.
The article focuses on the past, present, and future challenges of devastated historic towns along the French coast.
New homes have cropped up chaotically, »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, infrastructure, planning, regulations
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